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TY - JOUR
T1 - Racialized politics of garbage
T2 - waste management in urban Roma settlements in Eastern Europe
AU - Dunajeva, Jekatyerina
AU - Kostka, Joanna
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ethnic and Racial Studies on 07/01/2021, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2020.1863442
PY - 2021/1/31
Y1 - 2021/1/31
N2 - Disproportionate exposure to adverse environmental conditions is part of the complex cycle of dispossession and racial discrimination faced by marginalized minorities in Europe—primarily the Roma. The concept of environmental justice or the analysis of environmental risk along racial dimensions are largely absent from policy debates. This is a critical omission considering that the consolidation of neoliberal governance powerfully recomposes access to public services and individualizes collective responsibilities for a safe environment. Driven by competitive logic, neoliberalism champions the zero-sum game where losers are either abandoned or punished by the governing apparatus. This article argues that neoliberal governance, underpinned by moral appeals and racist imaginaries, legitimizes repression of marginalized groups such as the Roma. The primary purpose of this paper is to fill a theoretical and conceptual gap in the literature linking environmental issues to racism.
AB - Disproportionate exposure to adverse environmental conditions is part of the complex cycle of dispossession and racial discrimination faced by marginalized minorities in Europe—primarily the Roma. The concept of environmental justice or the analysis of environmental risk along racial dimensions are largely absent from policy debates. This is a critical omission considering that the consolidation of neoliberal governance powerfully recomposes access to public services and individualizes collective responsibilities for a safe environment. Driven by competitive logic, neoliberalism champions the zero-sum game where losers are either abandoned or punished by the governing apparatus. This article argues that neoliberal governance, underpinned by moral appeals and racist imaginaries, legitimizes repression of marginalized groups such as the Roma. The primary purpose of this paper is to fill a theoretical and conceptual gap in the literature linking environmental issues to racism.
KW - Environmental racism
KW - neoliberal governance
KW - solid waste management
KW - marginalized minorities
KW - Roma
KW - spatial segregation
U2 - 10.1080/01419870.2020.1863442
DO - 10.1080/01419870.2020.1863442
M3 - Journal article
VL - 45
SP - 90
EP - 112
JO - Ethnic and Racial Studies
JF - Ethnic and Racial Studies
SN - 0141-9870
IS - 1
ER -